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  1. Bellhorn04
    I would love it if you did that again. (I missed it the other times.)
  2. Bellhorn04
    Red Sox postseason history would suggest that a great closer was a difference-maker. Foulke in 04, Papelbon in 07, Koji in 13. Vs. Schiraldi in 86, and the Committee that Grady didn't trust in 03.
  3. Bellhorn04
    And I sort of hate to bring this up, but Craig did kind of spit the bit in his most crucial single outing as a Red Sox...
  4. Bellhorn04
    It's not really that complicated. Kimbrel is a special talent, but he's also a specialist. He plays about 65 innings a year. Everyone would love to have him back. The question is how much are you willing to pay? Chapman got 5/86, so Kimbrel's agent is probably thinking at least 5/95.
  5. Bellhorn04
    His OPS went up by 121 points last night.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Correct. If they bring him up at all the cat is truly out of the bag and can't be put back in. Castillo would be on the Sox payroll for tax purposes until his contract expires at the end of 2020.
  7. Bellhorn04
    I think there's some merit in this argument. One thing that needs to be noted is that a blown save does not always result in a loss.
  8. Bellhorn04
    They can't bring him up, they can't trade him, they can't do anything but pay him 12 million or so to entertain the fans in Pawtucket.
  9. Bellhorn04
    The Moreland balloon has been re-lifted tonight.
  10. Bellhorn04
    But Kimmi, this all implies that there is no such thing as a good decision or a bad decision by a manager. He might as well literally flip a coin every time he needs to make a decision in a game.
  11. Bellhorn04
    I'm about 99.9% sure the answer is yes.
  12. Bellhorn04
    I'm sure JBJ works his butt off on his hitting. It's a struggle for him.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Of course. The only real 're-think' is that maybe you should be prepared to use your best relief pitcher in the 7th or 8th inning like Francona has been doing with Miller.
  14. Bellhorn04
    The disconnect is between this idea and the idea that managers can't make any difference...it's kind of a running argument here.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Then of course there are those bloody defensive shifts...not one of my favorite developments in modern baseball. Thanks to guys like Joe Maddon who think the game can be micro-managed.
  16. Bellhorn04
    The biggest strategic moves in baseball are made by the pitcher and the catcher - what kind of pitch to throw and the location, and the sequencing of the pitches. It's a limited range of strategy but there's a lot of information about the hitters that goes into it.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Kimbrel is a special talent without a doubt. The question comes down to how much will it take to keep him. He will be one of the big prizes on the free agent market.
  18. Bellhorn04
    That's a good point - football is so much about the game planning. A guy like Belichick spends a big chunk of a week preparing plays and schemes and whatever for 60 minutes of football.
  19. Bellhorn04
    I've argued the same thing - that left field in Fenway is somewhat hazardous to the health, especially the area where Swihart got injured.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Game plans most certainly involve trying to predict what the opponent will do, how they will react. Predict is just another word for guess. None of it is exact science. There are always variables that can't be foreseen.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Looks like it's a damn good thing we didn't sign Lynn or Cobb. They are both off to horrific starts. Cobb has given up 30 hits in 11.2 innings! That's almost hard to believe.
  22. Bellhorn04
    I disagree that the right reliever is a guess. And actually, strategy in any sport, or even in war, generally involves educated guessing.
  23. Bellhorn04
    To me every win looks like Kate Beckinsale.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Calm down, Stork. 20-7 still ain't too bad. If you've ever actually followed baseball you'd know that every team goes through rough patches. Even the best teams lose at least 60 games in a season.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Grady Little did have a great line though. He said in Boston they don't have 162 games, they have 162 seasons.
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